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Last time we were here, we beat Falker with the help of Salt the Geodude. Now we move towards Azalea Town!
We head towards Route 32 and look for a new friend. It’s night again, so our encounters may not be that good, but we’ll see who we find! Our first encounter is a Rattata. The Hoothoot. Then…
A Mareep that Salt accidentally hits a little too hard. Well then. Guess we’ll put MTN DEW up top and switch train this route.
Switch training starts off easily enough, and I’m trying to battle every trainer available to me on the route. It’s not too difficult, to be honest. I’m watching a Scott the Woz video in the background as I beat up a trainer with 4 Magikarp. I put on a Yakuza 6 speedrun as I’m going through this and almost lose Celery. You see, there’s a trainer with a Qwilfish and a Goldeen. The Qwilfish is fine, but the Goldeen seems to only know Peck, which almost takes out Celery. Instead, Salt has to come in and deal with this issue. If I wasn’t paying closer attention we would have lost dear Celery!
I forgot that Azalea’s Gym is a bug-type gym, so we’ll be attempting to level up Pringle. But also, we need a new friend for the team. Who will we get from Union Cave?
But before we get an encounter, we run into Tiko. They’re one of the added characters from this hack, and I get told about Pokemon footprints. My Pokedex can scan these prints, and it will occasionally trigger an encounter, on top of adding Pokemon data. So let’s see…
… and it fled. Great. I’m counting this encounter as a regular wild encounter, so. Guess we just lost that opportunity! Let’s move on.
There were Slowpoke in this cave, too? Aw man.
Okay, for real moving on.
Union cave is uneventful, and we get out without much issue. Outside of being disappointed over the lack of Slowpoke or Cubone on the team, we’re doing really well. Pringle needs to get to level 11 for it’s first flying type move, but we’re almost there! Outside of Carrot and Sandwich, all our Pokemon are at or above Lv. 10, so we’ve got a pretty nicely leveled team. Before we heal up in Azalea, I need to check the grass of Route 33…
BBQ has been added to our team. I heal up in Azalea Town and real-world Josh Average is suddenly hit with a wave of exhaustion. Seriously, I can barely keep my eyes open. For me it will be a sleep break, for you a paragraph break.
I did take a quick peek in Slowpoke Well. I didn’t go in on the way into Azalea, so now’s as good a time as any! After seeing a bunch of Zubat, we finally see a non-caught Pokemon!
Sptite is added to the team! On the way out of the well I head back to the entrance to Union Cave. There’s a trainer I avoided that I’d like to show y’all.
This little kid has a shiny Zubat, a Wooper, and a Tododile and he’s dressed up like a Wooper. He’s adorable, he’s pretty easy to beat, and he gives you 3 rare candies after being defeated. He rules.
Anyways, Pringle learned Peck, so now it’s Gym Time. Let’s look at the team so far:
- Pringle, Lv. 11
- Salt, Lv. 14
- Celery, Lv. 14
- MTN DEW, Lv. 11
- Sprite, Lv. 8
- BBQ, Lv. 6
Let’s do this. Our first trainers are Twins Amy & May. They bring out a Ledyba first, and 2 Pecks will take them down. Next is Spinarak, which also goes down to 2 Pecks. Pringle feels indestructible. We go to the next trainer, Bug Catcher Al, and they open with a Caterpie. Caterpie takes 3 Pecks, but is ultimately no match. Weedle comes out next and while I’m nervous about poison, Pringle feels nothing but power. Despite 3 Poison Stings, Pringle does not get poisoned and easily beats Weedle. Have I created a monster? Next up is Bug Catcher Sergi with a Paras. Two hits of Peck and they’re down. Bug Catcher Benny comes out with Weedle. Down in one hit from Peck. Then Beedrill and I think maybe I should let Salt take this one, but Pringle insists. Four pecks from Pringle takes them out, but we get taken to yellow health. Pringle doesn’t care. Kakuna comes out next and Harden will not save it.
It’s Bugsy time.
Metapod comes out first. It’s Lv. 14, which is one higher than Pringle, but we should be okay, right? It only knows Harden and Tackle, so we’re fine. Scyther comes out next and Pringle refuses to switch out. Quick Attack does nasty damage to Pringle, and we have to swap him out. I’m so sorry buddy. Salt comes out and eats a Fury Cutter. One Rock Throw and Scyther’s down. Kakuna is up next to I let Pringle back out. Despite several Poison Stings, Pringle stands tall and Pecks the Kakuna into oblivion. The Hive Badge is ours.
That was a pretty quick leg! Pringle really shined in this Gym, and I’m glad Salt is around to basically act as backup. Pringle is a little on the weaker end comparatively to others on the team at a similar level, but he held his own pretty well in this instance. MTN DEW will also be a staple on the team for now, as Hypnosis is going to be very helpful for catching Pokemon as we make our way through new Routes.
Next time will be Ilex Forest, Route 34, and Goldenrod! Will we be able to take on Whitney’s Miltank?What Pokemon can we get from the Game Corner? Find out next time!